Even Crack Addicts Have Mothers, and Other Hazards of Urban Gardening

According to this Washington Post report, the plant thieves are out in droves on Mother's Day, looking for that perfect potted azalea for Mom. Urban gardeners are warned to wait until after Mother's Day to festoon their porches with hanging plants, and to consider something thorny, like a rose.

Or how about a plant stake with a sign that reads, "Didn't your mother teach you not to steal?"

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